The New York Supplement, Volume 77West Publishing Company, 1902 - Law reports, digests, etc "Cases argued and determined in the Court of Appeals, Supreme and lower courts of record of New York State, with key number annotations." (varies) |
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111 New York 38 Misc administrator affidavit agreement alleged amount Appeal from special Appellate Division Argued before GOODRICH attorney authority bank Bloomingdale canceled cause of action charge charter Civil Procedure claim Code Civ commissioners complaint concur contract contributory negligence conveyed corporation costs counsel death deceased decedent defendant defendant's district duty entitled evidence executor fact fendant granted held HIRSCHBERG Judgment affirmed June June 13 jurisdiction jury justice Kings county LAUGHLIN magistrate ment Metropolitan St misdemeanor mortgage motion N. Y. Supp negligence owner paid parties payment person Phineas street plaintiff plaintiff's intestate premises proceedings purchase question railroad real estate reference relator respondent reversed revocation rule special term statute supra Supreme Court surrogate surrogate's court testator testified testimony thereof tion town trial verdict widow witnesses York county York State Reporter
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Page 694 - All city, town and village officers, whose election or appointment Is not provided for by this Constitution, shall be elected by the electors of such cities, towns and villages, or of some division thereof, or appointed by such authorities thereof, as the Legislature »hall designate for that purpose.
Page 561 - From the commencement of an action or special proceeding, or the service of an answer containing a counterclaim, the attorney who appears for a party has a lien upon his client's cause of action, claim or counterclaim, which attaches to a verdict, report, decision, judgment or final order in his client's favor, and the proceeds thereof in whosesoever hands they may come; and the lien cannot be affected by any settlement between the parties before or after judgment or final order.
Page 182 - ... burnt, torn, canceled, obliterated or destroyed, with the intent and for the purpose of revoking the same, by the testator himself...
Page 13 - ... as aforesaid shall, if he be adjudged a bankrupt, and the same is not exempt from execution and liability for debts by the law of his domicile, be and remain a part of the assets and estate of the bankrupt and shall pass to his said trustee, whose duty it shall be to recover and reclaim the same by legal proceedings or otherwise for the benefit of the creditors.
Page 673 - The defendant moves to dismiss the complaint on the ground that it fails to state a cause of action.
Page 185 - But the plaintiff is not entitled to a judgment, establishing a lost or destroyed will, as prescribed in this article, unless the will was in existence, at the time of the testator's death, or was fraudulently destroyed in his life-time ; and its provisions are clearly and distinctly proved by at least two credible witnesses, a correct copy or draft being equivalent to one witness.
Page 495 - If a bankrupt shall have given a preference within four months before the filing of a petition, or after the filing of the petition and before the adjudication, and the person receiving it, or to be benefited thereby, or his agent acting therein, shall have had reasonable cause to believe that it was intended thereby to give a preference, it shall be voidable by the trustee, and he may recover the property or its value from such person.
Page 152 - A female, between the ages of fifteen and thirty years, convicted by any magistrate of petit larceny, habitual drunkenness, of being a common prostitute, of frequenting disorderly houses or houses of prostitution, or of a misdemeanor, and who is not insane, nor mentally or physically incapable of being substantially benefited by the discipline of either of such institutions, may be sentenced and committed...
Page 643 - Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the Testator and in the presence of each other.
Page 225 - ... to any branch of the said service for duty in such position as he may be fitted to fill, receiving the same compensation therefor...